The fact that there’s a growing number of child vendors means government interventions for vulnerable children aren’t reaching everyone in need.
Zimbabwe
Politics and Society #PutSouthAfricansFirst relies on false claims
Many of the claims those who support the Put South Africans First fringe group make on social media and repeated at recent marches in Pretoria are inaccurate and often entirely false.
Politics and Society South Africa: Covid grant extension is a lifeline for asylum seekers
Asylum seekers and citizens from Lesotho, Angola and Zimbabwe with special permits were excluded from Covid-19 assistance until a court ordered in June that they also get the Covid-19 relief grant.
Politics and Society Zimbabwe’s restrictions on mobile money transfers are a blow to financial inclusion
Stringent restrictions could stifle innovation among mobile money operators and hinder access to financial services.
Politics and Society Africa and the world continue to allow illegal capital flight
Despite having so much to gain from them, Africa’s role in negotiations to reform international tax is negligible.
Politics and Society Thousands of unidentified Zimbabweans lie in secret mass graves – and I want to find them
A forensic archaeologist and former Zimbabwe police officer uses his investigative skills to find the missing and the dead in his homeland.
Politics and Society Dealing with crises in Africa: south vs west
Why doesn’t SADC intervene in dire political situations in the same way leaders in West Africa do?
Politics and Society Young people living on Harare’s streets provide glimpses into life under COVID-19 lockdown
The story map reveals that like any part of society, street youth are both subject to and willing to conform to rules and conventions, in this case for their own and others’ safety.
Arts, Culture and Sport Dear Dambudzo Marechera… The letters Zimbabweans wrote to a literary star
The writer Dambudzo Marechera, who died on 18 August 1987, remains a popular figure in Zimbabwe. Hundreds of handwritten letters found in an archive have revealed the real import of the writer’s enduring influence.